Here’s everything you need to know about the Internet’s favorite animal: cats. All the things you ever wondered about your furry friend? Right here. ASAP Science explains why they like catnip, how they can always fall on their feet, why they purr and how their eyes work. Did you know they spend 85% of the day doing nothing and that drinking, eating and mating only takes up 4% of the day. The question: what kind of catty things are they doing the other 11%? [ASAP Science] More »
All those social networks we spend more than half our life on? There all just varying degrees of the same damn thing. Basically, look at my cat’s albums. Watch my cat videos. Read how I hashtag my cat. Check this filtered cat. And on and on we go. More »
Here’s a simple and fun way to clean up the dust around the house. “MOCORO” – CZ-560 – is a fluffy “microfiber mop ball” that rolls around by itself on the floor, picking up dust along the way.
Push the button and let the cleaning times roll! It’s small enough to reach the floor under beds and other areas that are difficult to clean. It makes 3 different beeping shounds while its going so you know where its rolling. Or turn off the beeping …
We’ll never know whether this Siamese cat was attempting to set freefall records for its species or engaging in a dramatic feline suicide attempt when it jumped from the top of this Colombian communications tower. But we do know that firefighters were on hand to catch it in a net before it hit the ground. Well done, brave kitty. You’re a credit to your species in a way that Maru can only dream of. [Arbroath] More »
Did you know that some cats sleep up to twenty hours a day? No wonder some of them can grow as fat as forty pounds (that’s what the world’s fattest cat weighed before it up and died of pulmonary disease). Given their usually laid-back nature, the perfect gift you can get your cat is probably this cat hammock.
So it’s called the Cat Crib, but it looks like the cat version of the hammocks many of us lazy humans enjoy, especially on those warm summer afternoons.
It looks pretty cool and it also saves you space at home, since you won’t need to get a cat bed anymore. Just attach the hammock on anything that has four legs (chairs or a coffee table, maybe?) and you’re all set. Unless you’ve got a 40 pound cat, of course.
The Cat Crib is available online for $29 (USD) in black, purple or a neutral colors.
[via Oh Gizmo!]
First there were the Rich Kids of Instagram, who were perfectly annoying in their own louche, lazy way. Poppin’ bottles on the beach. Private jets. Prepubescence. The Worst People Ever to Use Instagram. More »
Etsy is a great place to find wonderful handmade crafts, and every once in a while I come across something I can honestly say I’ve not seen before. What we have here is some of our favorite sci-fi, movie and video game characters – all transformed into fat cats by Kathleen over at Fat Cat Crafts.
Oh, and these aren’t just any overweight felines, no. The cats of Fat Cat Crafts all function as pincushions, so if you’re into sewing, you can keep your spare needles and pins in them. (Or if you just want to put a voodoo curse on your cat.) My favorite has to be the highly-detailed Boba Fett fat cat (Boba Fatt?), complete with jet pack, though I do like the sound of ”Shat Fat Cat” rolling off of my tongue too…
Among Kathleen’s other handmade creations are Han Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Mario, Luigi, Doctor Who, Obi Wan Kenobi and Indiana Jones (complete with pipe-cleaner whip) – all in fat cat form.
Prices range from $17 to $23 (USD) for the geeky fat cat pincushions over at Fat Cat Crafts’s Etsy shop.
Your pet gives you nothing but undying love and affection from the crack of dawn until they curl up by your feet at night. So why not repay their selfless admiration with toys and accessories that make them look and feel like nothing but a sight gag? Here’s everything you need to completely and utterly humiliate your pet, leaving no doubt that stain they left on the living room rug wasn’t an accident. More »
Using chopsticks can be a difficult skill to master up at first, but with practice you can pick up anything with these popular Asian eating utensils. And while picking up rice and sushi is definitely on the standard list of comestibles you might use chopsticks for, tiny cats are not usually on the menu.
But the guys at Brando have different ideas in their head with the wacky Konekodarake Cat Balance Game from Japan – which lets you practice picking up and balancing stuff with chopsticks by testing your skills on tiny kitties. Why? Because.
The set includes a miniature cat treehouse along with 10 tiny cats in various positions, and a box (complete with airholes) you can keep your chopstick kitties in. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.
If you’re ready to brush up on your chopstick work, head on over to Brando, where you can grab the Konekodarake Cat Balance Game for $24.90(USD). And no, you cannot use these to eat real cats.
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